It was a year filled with family
celebrations as well as state occasions and the daily business of
being Head of State. And the past twelve months have produced some
rather special and memorable photos of the Queen. As the year winds
to its end, here are twelve images that sum up the Queen’s 2018.
Meeting Mr President Embed from Getty…
A look back at European and international royal 2018 events – part one
27th December 2018
As 2018 comes to a close, we are taking a
look back at events in which the European and international royal
families took part. In part one, we look at January, February, and
March. January: The Danish royals attended their annual New
Year receptions in…
Queen Victoria’s winter sledge became
synonymous with the Windsor Christmas, at least during the lifetime
of Prince Albert, who is rightly credited with popularising
Christmas traditions in England, including that of the Christmas
tree. The royal trees were decorated with…
As Queen Silvia of Sweden celebrates her
75th birthday today, we have compiled a list of facts about
Sweden’s Queen. Silvia was born as Silvia Renate Sommerlath in
1943 in Heidelberg, Germany. She is half German (through her
father) and half Brazilian (through her mother). She has two older
brothers, Ralf and Walther Sommerlath. Her brother, Jörg
died in 2006 after a battle with…
It’s one of the most famous events in
royal history, and now the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert is being brought to life once more. A new TV programme,
presented by historian Lucy Worsley, will reconstruct the marriage
that began years of happiness for a young…
They’ve already helped win ‘The
Favourite’ some of the many awards that have come its way and now
you can see them up close and personal. A new exhibition of
costumes from the movie has opened at Kensington Palace. Outfits
from the film are on show in the Queen’s…
In a continuation of our two-part series,
our Historian, Elizabeth Jane Timms, looks back at the death of
Prince Albert: The passing of the Prince Consort is, of course,
synonymous with the Blue Room at Windsor Castle, where it took
place, a room which I have researched for some six years. The room
had been that in which Queen Victoria’s ‘Uncle King’ George IV had
died on 26 June 1830. It…
In a two-part series, our Historian,
Elizabeth Jane Timms, looks back at the death of Prince Albert:
Prince Albert, the beloved husband and Prince Consort of Queen
Victoria, died on 14 December 1861, at Windsor Castle. So enormous
were the consequences of this death, both…
She’s had the run of queens regnant for
centuries, but Anne is finally getting her moment in the spotlight.
‘The Favourite’, the film telling the story of the court of the
last Stuart monarch, has been nominated for a host of Golden Globe
awards, the first major prizes…
The Royal Order of Karl XIII is one of
the many Swedish royals order that still exists and is in use. The
Order was founded by King Karl XIII of Sweden and Norway in 1811.
Since 1811 and until this day, the Master of the Order is the
regent of Sweden, so the current Order Master is His Majesty King
Carl XVI Gustaf. The insignia of the Royal Order of Karl
XIII consists of a red St George cross in…
